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31 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holidays
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Kids eat free

31 places where kids can eat for free or £1 over the summer holidays

Here are all of the places where kids can eat for free and cheap over the summer holidays, as families face tighter budgets in the school break
How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?
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Homelessness

How can I help homeless people during a UK heatwave?

DWP payment dates in June 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
A DWP Jobcentre
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP payment dates in June 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

Energy bills are rising this April. What do I do if I can't afford to pay?
Cost of living crisis

Energy bills are rising this April. What do I do if I can't afford to pay?

Water bills are going up in April 2025. Here's what to do if you're struggling to pay
Cost of living crisis

Water bills are going up in April 2025. Here's what to do if you're struggling to pay

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Living on the edge: How to avoid falling into poverty amid rising costs
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Poverty line

Living on the edge: How to avoid falling into poverty amid rising costs

DWP payment dates in March 2025: When you will get your benefits this month
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Benefits

DWP payment dates in March 2025: When you will get your benefits this month

Crisis-proofing your finances: How to prepare for the unexpected with an emergency fund
Emergency fund

Crisis-proofing your finances: How to prepare for the unexpected with an emergency fund

11 ways to spread kindness without spending money
Random Acts of Kindness
Random Acts of Kindness Day

11 ways to spread kindness without spending money

I fell for a rent scam and lost £1,000 – so I helped other renters fight the scammers
Harleen Nottay presenter of UNTOLD, SCAMMED: BRITAIN’S RENTAL RIP OFF
RENTING

I fell for a rent scam and lost £1,000 – so I helped other renters fight the scammers

DWP benefit payment dates in February 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year
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Benefits

DWP benefit payment dates in February 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year

How to get school uniforms on a budget in 2025
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School uniforms

How to get school uniforms on a budget in 2025

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather
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Homelessness

How to help a homeless person on the street in cold weather

ESA benefit: Everything you need to know
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benefits

ESA benefit: Everything you need to know

Child tax credit: Do you qualify?
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benefits

Child tax credit: Do you qualify?

Help with funeral costs: Know your options
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Funeral poverty

Help with funeral costs: Know your options

White goods grant: Where to get help replacing essentials
a crouching woman watches while a toddler pushes clothes into an open washing machine
poverty

White goods grant: Where to get help replacing essentials

Support for mortgage interest: Where to get help
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Housing

Support for mortgage interest: Where to get help

Here's when pensioners will get the winter fuel payment in 2024
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Benefits

Here's when pensioners will get the winter fuel payment in 2024

Warm home discount: Am I eligible and how can I apply?
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Cost of living crisis

Warm home discount: Am I eligible and how can I apply?

What benefits can I claim?
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Benefits

What benefits can I claim?

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
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Christmas

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved

Here's what to do if you see a homeless person
a person lies on the pavement facing away from the camera, with a guitar propped up beside them
Homelessness

Here's what to do if you see a homeless person

Housing benefit: How to claim and what to expect
looking down on a table that has a notebook open on it alongside a pen, calculator and an apple // housing benefit
Housing benefits

Housing benefit: How to claim and what to expect

Here's how to donate to a food bank near you this winter
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Food banks

Here's how to donate to a food bank near you this winter

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